The narrative of the queer history of the 20th century usually puts the gay men in the position of victims of political oppression who had to fight back for their civil rights. However, during authoritarian regimes during both WWII and the following Eastern part of the Cold War, there were gay men (and women) who chose to sell out their lives and work to the oppressive regimes and participate in the political power. Despite the fact we cannot agree with the contemporary leftist opposition and latter conservative opinions that there was a causal relation between homosexuality and Nazism, there were artists and designers in Central Europe in the 1930s and 1940s who were involved in homosocial and homosexual practices, and at the same time, they joined Nazi organizations and parties. Using three examples from former Czechoslovakia, the lecture will examine their motivation and the way their artistic/design work was involved in their collaboration.